Question

how do i get the child divs and put it in a array?

<div id="parent">
   <div id="child1"></div>
   <div id="child2"></div>
</div>

var array = $('#parent > div').... (im stuck).

thanks!

Answer 1

Actually there is nothing wrong with your jQuery code. You should wrap it into the .ready() callback:

$(function(){
   var arr = $('#parent > div');
});

If you “really” want a a plain array you need to use .get()

$(function(){
   var arr = $('#parent > div').get();
});

For the array of the ID’s, as you mentioned in your comment use:

var arr = $('#parent > div').map(function(){
    return this.id;
}).get();

Ref.: .map(), .get()